Re: Six O' Clock Slowdown

I suggest that you open the task manager and watch the amount of CPU
utilisation. Clicking on the CPU column can sort in descending order and
show the most CPU intensive processes. I usually find the culprits that way.


"Six O'Clock" <Six.O.Clock.Slowdown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:42ce2d4d$0$1236$8fcfb975@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
> I was wondering if any other admins were getting stick from users over
> this one :
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> Irate users on my SBS2000 domaine keep complaining that at around six
> o'clock in the evening (18h00) every day things get sluggish on the
> internal network.
>
> Most are using Word or Excel document on shared folders on the SBS file
> server.
> (Desperately trying to finish work before the train at six thirty ...)
> On the workstations, response time get longer and longer, then it becomes
> impossible to save documents.
> Then the workstations jam and have to be rebooted.
>
> We are about 20 users and about 12 of them log off around five or five
> thirty.
>
> I have checked the server logs and fond nothing really hefty that starts
> around six..
> The Exchange server sends some messages but nothing suspicious that would
> put pressure on the machine, unless something is going on and not being
> logged.
>
> My Server ant-virus logs show that nothing is happening then either.
>
> What else should I check?
> Any ideas?
> TIA
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> Six
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